What are the plans for Case Manager and Case Foundation features that require JRE?

The ability to launch and display Java applets (also known as plug-ins) in a Chrome browser depends on the presence of the Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface (NPAPI). As of Chrome 45, Google has dropped NPAPI support and Firefox will stop support at the end of 2016. As browsers no longer support NPAPI, this limits the browser options customers can use with Case Manager/Case Foundation and features, such as, Process Designer, Process Configuration Console, and Process Administration. Will these features be replaced with non-Java applet based solutions, or will these features go away once JRE is no longer accessible in the browser?

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Internet Explorer 11 will continue to support Java plugins thus you will be able to launch Process Designer, Process Configuration Console (PCC), and Process Administration (PA) through IE11. Most features in PCC and PA have been implemented in Administration Console for Content Platform Engine (ACCE) without requiring a JRE. Additionally, work has started on creating Java thick client(s) application that will run on the desktop for Process Designer features. The Process Designer Java thick client application will be provided by Q1/Q2 2017.